John Trapp on Micah 7:9

Verſe 9. I will beare the Indignation of the Lord, becauſe I have ſinned againſt him] The Church had ſinned, and God was angry with her. So Zech. 1.12. Eſay 57.17. What meane then the Antinomians to tell us that God is never angry with his people, for their foule and flagitious practiſes, no not with a fatherly anger? nor chaſtiſeth them for the ſame, no not, ſo much as with a fatherly chaſtizement?Virg. Aeneid. Is not this contra Solem mingere? Godlineſſe is on target againſt affliction. Blind Nature ſaw this. —nec te tua plurima, Pentheu, Labentem texit pietas— Onely it helpes to patient the heart under affliction by conſidering 1. That it is the Lord. 2. That, a man ſuffers for his ſin, as the penitent theef alſo confeſſed Luk. 24.41.3. That the rod of the wicked ſhall not lie long upon the lot of the righteous. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Say we then, every one with David, I know that thy judgements are right, and thou haſt afflicted me juſtly, Pſal. 119.75. yea in very faithfulneſſe haſt thou done it, that thou mighteſt be true to my ſoule. And with that Noble Du-pleſſy, who when he had loſt his onely ſon, a gentleman of great hopes (which was the breaking of his mothers heart) quieted himſelf with theſe words of David, I was ſilent and ſaid no word, becauſe thou Lord diddeſt it. Pſal. 39. See my Love-tokens pag. 145.146. &c. It ſhall be our wisdome in affliction to look to God, and to reflect upon our ſins, taking his part againſt our ſelves: as a Phyſician obſerves which way nature workes, and helpes it.

until he plead my cauſe] As a faithfull Patron, and powerfull Avenger: for though it be juſt in God that I ſuffer, yet it is unjuſt in mine enemies, who ſhall ſhortly be ſoundly paid for their inſolencies, and cruelties.

he will bring me forth to the light] He will diſcloud theſe gloomy dayes, and in his light I ſhall ſee light.

I ſhall behold his righteouſneſſe] that is, his faithfulneſſe in fulfilling his Promiſe of deliverance in due time. Meane-while I will live upon reverſions, live by faith and think to make a good living of it too. All the wayes of God to his people are mercy and truth Pſa. 25.10. this is a ſoul-ſatisfying place of ſcripture indeed. All the paſſages of his providence to them, are not onely mercy but truth and righteouſneſſe: they come to them in a way of a promiſe: and by vertue of the Covenant, wherein God hath made himſelf a voluntary debter to them, 1 Joh. 1.9.